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Photographs in Personal Collections

The large castle structures. The details of one of the rooms in the castle. The axial corridor is near the middle of the image. The interior of the castle. Note the axial corridor that runs through the middle of the image. Looking north across the castle. The south side of the castle. Residential structures on the west side (left) of the axial corridor and the row of east side apartments to the right of the corridor.
Remains of the east row apartments. Note the large opening in the wall that that abuts the axial corridor. The large castle hulk. The southeast corner of the castle. South wing compartments. Note the remnants of the evenly spaced partition walls. Extensive hill-top structural remains. The south side of the castle. The north side of the castle. A cave in the northeast complex.
The northeast complex. The tunnel in the southwest complex. A cave in the southwest complex. Note the oblong niche and domed recess, characteristic features of Gugé (<i>gu ge</i>) caves. The southwest complex. The breach in the wall from which access to the southwest complex is obtained. Buddhist ruins of Ritsegyap (<i>ri rtse rgyab</i>). The east summit complex. The west summit complex.
The formation with the monastery and “castle” ruins of Ritsegyap (<i>ri rtse rgyab</i>). The formation’s summit. Note the rampart traces in the foreground. A rampart fragment. The battlement in the ramparts zone. Residential structures RS1 and RS2. The castle structures and caves. The high point rammed-earth structure on the summit of the formation. The formation as seen from Sharlang (<i>shar lang</i>) Village.

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